TABLE 1.
Bacterial strains used in specificity tests of two PCR assays
| Species | Strain(s) |
|---|---|
| C. botulinum type A (proteolytic) | ATCC 3502, ATCC 19397, ATCC 25763, Atlanta 2204-4, Johannesson 263 |
| C. botulinum type B (proteolytic) | ATCC 7949, ATCC 17841, Atlanta 3025 |
| C. botulinum type B (non proteolytic) | Eklund 17B, Eklund 2B, Johannesson 105-66 |
| C. botulinum type E | CB-S3 E, CB-S4 E, CB-S21 E, CB-S25 E, CB-K27 E, CB-K44 E, CB-K58 E, CB-K83 E, CB-K114 E, CB-124 E, ATCC 9564 |
| C. botulinum type F | ATCC 35415, ATCC 23387, ATCC 25765, Craig 610B8-6F, Atlanta 2821, Johannesson |
| Clostridium perfringens | SMRICC 81, SMRICC 146, SMRICC 147, SMRICC 148, ATCC 14810, ATCC 3629, ATCC 12925, ATCC 3624, ATCC 3626 |
| Clostridium sporogenes | ATCC 19404, ATCC 11437 |
| Clostridium butyricum | ATCC 19398 |
| Clostridium tyrobutyricum | SMR 213, SMR 224, SMR 226 |
| Clostridium limosum | SMR 191 |
| Bacillus cereus | NCIB 9373, F 4635A/90, F 4632/90, SMR 747 |
| Bacillus coagulans | NCIB 9365 |
| Bacillus megaterium | NCIB 9376 |
| Bacillus polymyxa | NCIB 8158 |
| Bacillus pumilus | NCTC 10337 |
| Bacillus subtilis | ATCC 6633, ATCC 9372 |
| Brochothrix thermosphacta | SMRICC 347 |
| Citrobacter freundii | SMRICC 373 |
| Edwardsiella tarda | CCM 2238 |
| Enterobacter amnigenus | CCM 3430 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | NCIB 8272 |
| Enterobacter sakazakii | 1826-2, 1802 |
| Escherichia coli | 3359-1, 3359-2, SMRICC 378, SMRICC 380 |
| Escherichia hermannii | SMRICC 381 |
| Escherichia vulneris | SMRICC 384 |
| Hafnia alvei | CCUG 15720 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 102, 1790, 1826-1 |
| Kluyvera ascorbata | CCUG 15716 |
| Listeria monocytogenes | ATCC 7644 |
| Listeria innocua | ATCC 33090 |
| Morganella morganii | CCM 680 |
| Neisseria meningitidis | MC 1:B312/82 |
| Pediococcus pentosaceus | SMRICC 178 |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | SMRICC 445 |
| Salmonella enteritidis | SMRICC 140 |
| Serratia liquefaciens | CCM 2717 |
| Serratia marcescens | ATCC 13880 |
| Serratia rubidaea | CCM 3412 |
| Streptococcus faecalis | NCIB 775 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | Y79/O:3 |
| Lactobacillus brevis | LMG 12020 |
| Lactobacillus plantarum | LMG 9210, LMG 1284 |
| Lactobacillus buchneri | LMG 6892 |
| Lactobacillus fermentum | LMG 6902 |
| Lactobacillus pentosus | ATCC 8041 |
| Lactobacillus delbrueckii | ATCC 9649 |